Linton was frustrated with her job as a traveling nurse and left Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center that afternoon intending to quit, and “channeled that frustration” into her driving, Vannoy said.
The prosecutor told jurors that a neurologist retained by the defense is expected to testify that Linton had suffered a seizure, but said she had “never been diagnosed with a seizure disorder before” and that there was evidence that she was “faking a seizure” during subsequent testing after the crash.
Defense attorney Jovan Blacknell acknowledged that the crash was “tragic,” but said that Linton being charged with the most serious crime of murder “is also a tragedy.”
He told jurors that she was not drunk, under the influence of drugs, on the phone at the time, rushing to get somewhere or racing, but was instead suffering from a “medical emergency” at the time of the “catastrophic car collision.”
Linton’s lawyer said she suffered a seizure at “probably the most inopportune time.”